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L. N. WEST, Deod. E. B. WEST & W. D. FINNEY, Executors. WINDGW CURTAIN HOLDER.

No. 448,565. Patented Mar. 17,1891.

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EUGENE B. lVEST, OF LEESVILLE, AND WILLIAM D. FINNEY, OF IVRIGHTS-v BOROUGH, TEXAS, EXEOUTORS OF LAR-KIN N. VEST, DECEASED.

WlNDOW-CURTAIN HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 448,565, dated March 17, 1891.

Application filed December 4,1890. 'Serial No. 373,591. (No model.)

To all whom t may concern.-

Be it known that we, EUGENE I3. lVEs'r, a citizen of the United States, residing at Leesville, in the county of Gonzales and State of T eXas, and WILLIAM D. FINNEY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Wrightshorough, in the county of Gonzales and State of Texas, executors of the last will and testament of LARKIN N. VEST, late a citizen of the United States, residing at Leesville, in the county of Gonzales and State `of Texas, deceased, do hereby declare that LARKIN N. lVEs'r invented a new and useful Improvement in IVindow-Ourtain Holders, of which the following is a specification.

This invention has relation to holders for curtains; and the objects in view are to provide a neat and ornamental device adapted to be applied to the opposite sides of the widdow-casing or to any other suitable point and to receive and retain in aloopcd position curtains suspended from the window, said device being adapted to open and close for receiving and releasing the curtains, as may be desired.

Referring to the drawings, Figure l is an elevation of a windowhaving curtains and a holding device constructed in accordance with this invention. Fig. 2 is an enlarged elevation, in detail, of the holder. Fig. 3 is a longitudinal section of the same.

Like numerals of reference indicate like parts in all the figures of the drawings.

l designates the usual window-casing, above which is suspended the curtains 2. At the opposite sides of the casing there are secured sockets 3, said sockets being mounted upon and formed asa part or independent of baseplates et, secured by screws 5 to the casing. The sockets are centrally perforated, as at b', and pivoted in each of the same is an elongated U-shaped clasp 7. By reason of the pivotal manner in which the clasp 7 is mounted in the socket the saine may be swung to one side of a vertical line for the purpose of receiving the lower ends of the curtains. Above each of the sockets 3 there is located a socket S, provided with a base-plate 9, with which it may be formed integral, said plate having screws lO passed therethrough for the purpose of securing it to the casing. The

socket 8 is provided with an opening ll at one side of its center for the reception of the free end of the clasp 7, which clasp at said free end is laterally bent, as at 12, whereby it is adapted to enter the socket. A spring 13 may be located in the socket for the purpose of retaining the free end of the clasp within the saine and against accidental displacement. though such a retaining device is not actually necessary to a successful `operation of the holder.

In operation the clasps are disconnected from the upper sockets and swung to one side for the purpose of introducing the lower ends of the curtains, after which said clasps are elevated to a vertical position and have their free ends inserted into the socket-openings ll,in which they are retained. The curtains are then adjustedjo give them the proper draping to suit..

A device of this kind will be found to be exceedingly useful in those sections of the country subjected to high winds, as they will retain the curtains snugly iu position against all flapping and tearing.

In manufacturing the device the saine may be constructed of either a cheap metal, plain or plated, or of the more expensive metals and given any desired design or ornamentation ot' carving, molding, dac.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed is- In a curtain-holder, the combination, with the lower socket having a central opening and mounted on a base-plate, of the upper socket having a side opening and mounted on a base-plate, and the U-shaped clasp pivoted at its lower end in said lower socket and having its upper end laterally bent and designed for insertion in the side opening of said upper socket, substantially as specified.

In testimony that we claim the foregoing as the invention of LARKIN N. lVEsT we have hereto affixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

EUGENE B. WEST. WILLIAM D. FINN EY.

Witnesses:

FLORENCE L. FINNEY, KITTIE A. FINNEY. 

